Industrial Revolution: Summary And Analysis

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In section three in the Industrial Revolution, the testimony in the documents collected by Pike on the British Isles during the Industrial Revolution, and the accounts that Mayhew wrote about London in the same period were absolutely horrible. The people who made up the 19th century British working class were treated inhumanely. Girls and women were often walking lamely or awkwardly, with raised chests and spinal flexures. Many of the men have little beards and patches of hairs. The spiritless and dejected air often filled the working environments. The engine often continues at work during mealtime, obliging the workers to eat and work at the same time. The meal consists of cold weak tea with a tiny piece of bread. Milk was barely used. Fish were sometimes brought over, …show more content…
The meal had often been imperfectly cooked and possesses poor nutritive qualities. Little rest were taken, making them extremely tired. During the work period, many of the working class work in a crowded room with an elevated temperature. The workmen are obliged to take the low price, because they have not the means to hold out, and they know if they don't take the work others will, which is why the working class are so desperate to get the job. Many of the houses are built back to back, that shaking hands are possible without stepping outside their own homes. To make matters worse, most of these houses have cellars beneath them, occupied by another lower class. As well as many of these houses are infested with vermin. The amount of foul language spoken has gone from bad to severe to each generations. Smoking and drinking was also another popularity. This was a way many of the lower class people did to relieve these types of stress. For example from a testimony by Sarah Gooder, age 8, she barely knows any words because she didn't get to go to school and learn